From schools of fish darting away from sharks to flocks of starlings swirling through the sky, the animal kingdom is full of ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and insects were seen as simple creatures that reacted purely on instinct. But ...

Overall, the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest of all animals, with a speed of 240 mph. These animals demonstrate the ...

When you visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, you’re almost guaranteed to have a wild time. ... Disney said these fish can grow up to 6 feet long and 650 pounds.

Can fish feel pain? The debate rages among scientists as to whether fish do, in fact, feel pain or are just reacting erratically to certain stimuli.

As Ed Yong notes in his book An Immense World, every animal lives in its own sensory bubble defined by its way of perceiving the world around it (SN: 7/16/22 & 7/30/22, p. 36).

That is the question at the heart of Thomas Cailley’s “The Animal Kingdom,” a light but meaty piece of magical-realism that threads the needle between Cronenbergian body horror and Miyazaki ...

Given that fish have existed for 530 million years or so, it should come as no surprise that sediment from around the globe is chock-full of fish tooth fossils. But good luck spotting them in the ...

The Biggest Myths About Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom 7 minute read A four-week-old baboon hangs from its mother at the zoo in Cali, Colombia on May 20, 2022.

As far as high concepts scenarios go, Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom has been blessed with a primo what-if premise: France is in the middle of a pandemic. (No, not that one.) A good deal of ...